Jazz, was:RE: [ADS-L] Q: "Earliest written reference to baseball"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Like the mind itself.

But your suspension points imply that. Well played!

JL

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I am often amused on this list by different readers seeing different things
> even when the screens are the same...
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> DanG
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> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> > Arnold, it showed up correctly on my screen!  It's a little disconcerting
> > to think that different readers are seeing different things.  Or maybe
> just
> > postmodern . . . .
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> > --Charlie
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